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September 30, 2021
Addressing Barriers to Behavioral Health Coverage for Low-Income Youth
Jennifer Lav, Abigail Coursolle, and Cathren Cohen Guide
This flip chart contains various scenarios and barriers that low-income youth with behavioral health conditions might face when trying to access services, and includes suggested steps an advocate could take to work through those barriers.* Medicaid is the country’s most inclusive health care program, providing high quality, affordable coverage…
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June 28, 2021
Closing The Medicaid Coverage Gap: Preventing a Separate and Unequal Result
Madeline Morcelle Article
Expanding Medicaid is an urgent moral, anti-racist, health equity, reproductive justice, and economic imperative. Yet today, policymakers in twelve states refuse to do so—a discriminatory political choice intertwined with racism in policymaking. The result is the Medicaid coverage gap: an estimated 4.4 million people with low incomes—nearly all of…
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June 11, 2021
Demanding Ascertainable Standards: Medicaid as a Case Study
Jane Perkins Article
State Medicaid agencies and their contractors are increasingly relying on preset guidelines or assessment tools or both to make coverage decisions. Problems arise when the use of these tools results in program enrollees and advocates being refused access to the standards and procedures that govern the operation of the…
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June 1, 2021
Retaining Medicaid COVID-19 Changes to Support Community Living
Elizabeth Edwards, David Machledt, and Jennifer Lav
This article was originally published in the "Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy." The impact of COVID-19 on people with disabilities in institutional settings, like nursing facilities, has garnered significant attention. But people receiving comparable services in the community have also been affected significantly. States used…
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May 17, 2021
Medicaid Coverage for Immigrants
Sarah Grusin and Catherine McKee Issue Brief
To be eligible for full-scope Medicaid coverage, an individual must be a United States citizen or national or hold a satisfactory immigration status. Due to the complexity of the relevant immigration statutes and the flexibility states have to decide which groups of immigrants to cover, there is significant confusion…
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January 6, 2021
Meeting the Moment: Understanding EPSDT and Improving Implementation in California to Address Growing Mental Health Needs
Kimberly Lewis and Rachel Velcoff Hults Issue Brief, Manual/Report, Fact Sheet, Guide
Children and youth across the country are facing an escalating mental health crisis. The events of 2020 have added new and complex stressors, exacerbating mental health challenges while also creating new barriers to accessing care. Unmet mental health needs have grave consequences for individuals, their families, and entire communities.…
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Addressing Barriers to Behavioral Health Coverage for Low-Income Youth

Closing The Medicaid Coverage Gap: Preventing a Separate and Unequal Result

Demanding Ascertainable Standards: Medicaid as a Case Study

Retaining Medicaid COVID-19 Changes to Support Community Living

Medicaid Coverage for Immigrants

Meeting the Moment: Understanding EPSDT and Improving Implementation in California to Address Growing Mental Health Needs